Global Church News
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CAFOD: Action and ambition needed on climate change
Dec 06, 2018
As the COP24 Climate Conference continues in Poland, CAFOD the official aid agency for the Catholic Church in England and Wales, stresses the importance of committing to renewable energy and what message it is bringing to this summit.
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Chinese scientist under fire for genetically editing babies
Dec 06, 2018
A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies has been condemned by scientists and religious figures for his “immoral” action.
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Pope: Advent, time to bring peace to ourselves, to our family, to our world
Dec 05, 2018
"Do not talk about others". "If all of us were doing just that - not talking about others - peace would succeed. May the Lord prepare our hearts for the Christmas of the Prince of Peace.
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English Bishop dedicates 'Year of Holiness' in 2019
Dec 05, 2018
In a pastoral letter marking the first Sunday of Advent, Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury dedicated 2019 as the diocesan Year of Holiness, calling attention to the Second Vatican Council's emphasis on the universal call to holiness.
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Card Tagle visits Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, calls the situation an 'international crisis'
Dec 05, 2018
The Caritas Internationalis president heard the stories of refugees who fled from Myanmar. Refugees do not want to return, as long as Myanmar does not guarantee them safe repatriation. Card Tagle told Caritas workers that through them the Rohingya see the “face of Jesus Christ".
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Ukrainian Byzantine-style autocephaly
Dec 05, 2018
Conflict between Moscow and Constantinople on the future of orthodoxy in Ukraine creates a myriad of difficulties. Whatever the solution, the image and the composition of Orthodoxy will be profoundly modified.
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Guang Zhou Bishop: Advent is a time to improve ourselves and bring love into the family
Dec 05, 2018
In a pastoral letter, Mgr Joseph Gan Jun-qiu writes that "we are called to reflect upon ourselves, meditate and renew our lives, to welcome the incarnation of the Messiah into our hearts". "The three key words for each family” are “'Excuse me', 'Please' 'Thank you!'"
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Japanese museum finds rare scroll from country’s early Christians
Dec 05, 2018
The painting includes 15 scenes from the lives of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, including the Annunciation and the Passion. Those depicted wear traditional Japanese clothes and items.
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Missionary of Mother Teresa: Christmas, joy of the presence of God in the faces of the disabled
Dec 05, 2018
Monday was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Brother Yesudas lives in a centre that houses 60 people with mental disorders. Here there is always laughter. Patients “don’t have an attitude of accumulating but they live their life as a presence of Joy.”
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Uttar Pradesh radicals’ gift for Advent, an assault on a church
Dec 05, 2018
The liturgical service was underway in the church of Naubasta. The police should be "guardians of the law" and instead "takes a position influenced by prejudices and bigoted against the Christian minority". In the Indian state, the Persecution Relief network reports 93 incidents of persecution.
Sunday Reflection
Jesus did not turn away from His mission
Today, Palm or Passion Sunday, is the first day of Holy Week, the high point of the Church’s year, climaxing in the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.